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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Thursday, April 13
• First day of school spring break.
• Fayette County Extension Workshop sponsored by the Fayette County HCE and U of I Extension for 4-H ages 8-18, 9-11 a.m., Vandalia Extension Office.
• Fayette County Schools Annual Art Show starts this Thursday in the upstairs on the Fayette County Museum, Vandalia. It runs through Tuesday, April 18. The museum is open from 9:30-4 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and will be open this Sunday from 2-4 p.m.
• Lunch Bunch, noon, Mary Ann’s Restaurant.

The rains came and came, and it’s still coming, and, hopefully, nourishing the morel mushrooms, getting them ready to spring up, to be found and gently plucked from the moist, warm earth, to find their way to the Homestead kitchen to be washed carefully, soaked in salt water, dipped in batter, floured and fried to a crisp, golden, brown in the old black iron skillet … never to be heard from again, which reminds us of a strange, but true, mushroom story.
Cloudy, the Mushroom Detector

Attend Shower
Belinda Harpster, Stacey Bergmann and Sue Urban attended the baby shower of Tori Padberg in Patoka on Saturday.
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Sunday morning worship attendance was 197.
The organist was Jamie Lotz.
Bryan Hanks served as acolyte. Attending elders were Paul Reynolds and Brien Guy.
The public questioning of the Confirmands took place instead of the sermon.
Remember in Your Prayers
• Those with health concerns:
-Carl Benning
-Haven (brother of SPLS student)

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Thursday, April 6
• St. Elmo Business Association, noon, Mary Ann’s Restaurant.
• St. Elmo Women’s Civic Club salad supper and membership drive, 5:30 p.m., St. Mary’s Catholic Church Parish Hall. Story teller Pam Chase will give the program. All women interested in becoming a member of the St. Elmo Women’s Civic Club are invited; but don’t take a salad – the meal is being provided by club members.
Friday, April 7
• Spring musical, 8 p.m., high school gym.

There was excitement and anticipation in the air at the Brownstown Elementary School last Tuesday as one walked down the hallway lined with red. That is, red in the form of brightly colored pictures and drawings of Fredbird and other St. Louis Cardinals-related pictures, all drawn and colored by BES students.

Many who have been faithful Lenten Luncheon attendees through the years and several new faces entered Northside Christian Church last Wednesday to sit at white-cloth covered tables with teal, pink, and blue table runners that held small spring bouquets in tiny flower pots and plates of homemade cookies.

Death
Raymond Reed, 87, of Farina, died on Friday. The funeral was held on Monday at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church.
Raymond was a lifelong resident of the St. Peter area.
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Sunday morning worship attendance was 167. The organist was the Rev. Alan Holtz.
Collin Miller served as the acolyte. Attending Elders were Darrell Wollin and Kevin Wodtka.
Remember in Your Prayers
• Those with health concerns:
-Carl Benning
-Beth Reynolds
• The family of Raymond Reed